
In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 (1992)
- NR
- 01/26/1992 (CA)
- War, Documentary
- 1h 44m
The Valour and the Horror
Overview
A documentary, using dramatization of fact, that examines the Battle of Verrières Ridge, where on July 25, 1944 and not long after D-Day, an inexperienced battalion of the Canadian Black Watch Regiment launched a doomed attack and was defeated with heavy casualties by veteran German SS troops. Part of "The Valour and the Horror" mini series.
Roman Jarymowycz
WriterBrian McKenna
Writer, DirectorTerence McKenna
WriterCast
Terence McKenna
NarratorRoman Jarymowycz
interviewerJacques Dextraze
Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)Sydney Radley-Walters
Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)
Patrick Goyette
Joseph Le Boutillier
Nicholas Campbell
Guy Simonds
Adrian Hough
German Officer